European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 c the stars and stripes tuesday february 25, 1992 at a glance fifteen key iraqi opposition Lead ers met sunday to seek once again a United front capable of toppling Saddam Hussein. See Story on Page 8, related Story on Page 7 and related photos on Page 16. Nuclear weapons removed the Navy has removed Short Range nuclear weapons from All but Quot a handful of ships Quot in line with president Bush a sweeping arms control initiative last fall. A pages to report assessed the report from a team that examined the army a equal Opportunity program last year was accurate because it pointed out that problems exist said the president of the a act s european Branch. A Page 10 pm to close plants general motors corp. Said monday that it lost a record $4.5 billion in 1991 and announced Plant closings including an Assembly Plant near Ypsilanti Mich. A Texas Plant was spared. A Page 19 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 action line. 18 comics. 21-23 commentary. 13 faces a no places. 20 letters. 12 Money matters. 19 sports. 24-32 to listings. 31 weather. 11 scud from Page 1 year everyone would Stop work at 4 30 and play volleyball. I played once since we came Back but it hurts when you turn around to give your buddy a High five and he a not Gouker who joined the unit soon after it was organized in the fall of 1989, said he was sleeping on a cot after walking Ike edit y i . / Pittsburgh Greensburg Pennsylvania guard when the scud hit a when 1 woke up i was getting thrown off a Wall. People were running and there was fire everywhere. Ammo was going off from the fire. I was hit by shrapnel and one Bullet in the Teg and my eardrum was blown other than nagging pains in his Back Gouker who attends a Trade school to team automotive mechanics has recovered from his physical wounds. However he misses old friends and one new Friend. A i had just spent three nights walking guard with specialist Clark and i had gotten to know her like a sister a he said. Beverly Clark 23, was one of two women from the unit who died in the blast. Gouker also is worried about his psychological adjustment. A when i first got Back a he said a i was interviewed by the doctors that come Here from Pittsburgh. They said that if i had any trouble sleeping or anything to talk to them. I got off Active duty Early to go Back to school so i did no to talk to them before but in a going the doctors Are part of a department of veterans affairs clinical team specializing in Post traumatic stress disorder a condition that came to Light with the return of veterans from the Vietnam War. That recognition came As the veterans experienced problems Long after they left 1------ ? . . I my. \ \ Iraq s t Quot Kuwait Iran persian Gulf saudi Arabia o Riyadh Dhahran 0 y Bahrain a Qatar it t a. Aps amps the Battlefield. However this time help was waiting for the reservists when they returned to the Allegheny Foothills. A was 1 recall it that scud attack was on a monday a said Greg Dubitsky a former army major who served As a psychiatrist at fort George Meade my. A i was notified on wednesday afternoon to be on a plane for Pennsylvania by 6 Dubitsky soon called for More support from fort Meade. A your Job was to help with the initial crisis management and to coordinate resources in the area a he said. A your first priority was to work with the family members of those killed in within a week most of the unit was Back in Pennsylvania. A most of my Job was coordinating resources to set up a 30-Day intensive program working through the trauma of losing buddies seeing others injured and being injured a Dubitsky said. A there were a number of people in a fair amount of tie pain and Shock extended to the Community As Well. A everyone expected them to be in a protected area a Dubitsky said. A there was some anger among some staff sgt. Gary l. Everson who has been the local army Reserve Recruiter for More than three years had helped some soldiers get into the unit. A they All came Back. Some were injured a he said. Among the injured reservists was Eversons 22-year-old daughter Kelli. A newspaper photo featuring her in a redeployment ceremony is pinned to the bulletin Board in the recruiters office. A she received a concussion and minor shrapnel wounds in both legs a her father said. A a she a fully recovered Everson said he initially Felt responsible for his daughters injuries. But the guilt subsided when his wife told him that she too Felt responsible. A and she a not a Recruiter a he laughed. One of his clearest memories is of the Day his daughter left for the War. A i had some concerns a he said. A traditionally fathers see their sons off to War. It Isnit too often they see their daughters off to War. A but i knew it was her Job and she knew it. There were no hard Maine from Page 1 new Hampshire democratic primary did no to follow up with a Clear Cut Victory in Maine. The Maine results were embarrassing for Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton. He competed for third place with a Block of uncommitted delegates despite a solid organization and a second place finish in new Hampshire. The other two major candidates Sens. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska and Tom Harkin of Iowa Aid not Campaign vigorously in Maine and trailed far behind. They left new Hampshire for the More familiar midwestern states whose primaries Are in the next two weeks. It was unclear when if at All results would be available from the last 20 precincts. But any Victory will be by Only a handful and neither Brown nor Tsongas could claim even one third of the delegates a or a Clear Cut Victory. Brown and Tsongas who left Maine hours before the results were tallied to take part in a debate in South Dakota both claimed Victory. With 97 percent or 645 of the states 665 precincts reporting these were the returns Tsongas 29.5 percent or 994 state convention delegates Brown 29.3 percent or 987 state convention delegates uncommitted 16 percent or 532 Clinton 15 percent or 515 Harkin 5 percent or 174 Kerrey 3 percent or 105. In the race for 23 National convention delegates Tsongas led for 8, Brown for 7, uncommitted for 4, Clinton for 3 and Harkin for 1. Republicans have until april 1 to hold their caucuses although several precincts were doing so on sunday. The delegates selected in these meetings were a pledged but gop challenger Patrick Buchanan made Little Effort to contest president Bush in the state. Citing unofficial tallies from 200 communities that have voted in recent weeks the state Republican party gave Bush 875 of the first 990 delegates chosen. South Dakota a primary today was shaping up As a struggle for survival for Kerrey and Harkin. After that the race explodes with 24 primaries and caucuses Over two weeks that will award 1,287 delegates of the total 4,287 delegates at the democratic National from Page 1 Petty officer Virgilio Guerrero was treated fairly when prosecuted for conduct a to the prejudice of Good order and discipline in the armed Guerrero a 10-year Veteran was stationed at the Navy a Fleet training Center in san Diego in 1989 when convicted in a court martial. His sentence included a discharge from the Navy. A rejected an Appeal by a Pennsylvania businessman ordered to pay 18 percent interest on $300,000 he owed the government for padding a Pentagon contract. The court without comment let stand a ruling that Gerald Kress could afford to pay the Money and lacked Legal grounds to Challenge the restitution order. Kress owner of educational development network corp., served nearly four months in prison after he was convicted of taking part in a scheme to defraud the defense department. The haitian ruling stemmed from an exodus of refugees who have fled their country in boatloads for the United states since a military coup last september toppled the democratically elected government of president Jean Bertrand ans tide. Leaders of Haiti a National Assembly signed an agreement with Aristide late sunday to install a new prime minister and a a consensus government to pave the Way for his return. The agreement Between Aristide and his political rivals includes a a general amnesty and accepts haitian parliamentary acts since Aristide was ousted in a coup sept. 30.correction because of a reporting error an article in the sunday Magazine did not correctly describe a part of the Battle at 73 easting in the persian Gulf War. Capt. . My master of e troop 2nd army Cav regt was advised by his higher Headquarters to postpone the fight but because of his Vantage Point in front of the troop replied that he would continue the attack that led to a rout of the enemy. Also staff sgt. Robert Patterson a name was misspelled. Stevens being treated for prostate cancer Washington apr supreme court Justice John Paul Stevens has cancer of the prostate gland a court spokeswoman said monday. Stevens 71, has begun radiation treatment at Georgetown University Hospital court spokeswoman Toni House said. A Justice Stevens is expected to continue to participate fully in All cases to come before the court during and after his radiation treatment and to make a full recovery without any residual effects a House said in a prepared statement. Stevens was appointed by president Gerald r. Ford in 1975. A at the time of his last annual physical examination a routine screening blood test the Prostatic specific Antigen spa was found to be mildly elevated a House said in the prepared statement. A a Biopsy of the prostate demonstrated localized Early adenocarcinoma and a staging evaluation indicated that the tumor was limited to the Stevens was on the Bench for the supreme courts Oral arguments monday. House said he was expected to be Back on the Bench for today a Public sessions. Stevens who underwent open heart surgery in 1974, has been in Good health in recent years. He is an avid Tennis player
